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This project started primarily as a way to piece together plats in what became Gwinnett county and some of these grants are now in Barrow county. The index includes all of Franklin county up to 1796, Jackson from 1796 to 1818, and Gwinnett, Hall, and Walton after 1818. Associates of the late Dan Crumpton plan to publish his book on Franklin county plats some time in the near future which will be of immense help. The latest update here is 5 Dec 2022.

Sortable by Name(last,first), County(county,year,month,day), Year(year,month,day,name), Plat book(book,page,name), Watercourse(watercourse,name), or Neighbors/neighboring survey(grantee name). The latter two will filter out blank results. Year is the date of survey.

Plats in grey aren't available yet.
Clicking on the name will show details about the grant. Clicking on the plat will show an image.

Names in:
Red - A grant of dubious legality (typically because it was surveyed on Indian land)
Bold - Gwinnett/Barrow county land

Plats in:
Black are available
Bold are mapped

Plats of dubious legality from about 1789 to 1794 tended to be filed on consecutive pages (anywhere from two to thirty pages at a time) in 1,000 acre surveys (which violated the spirit and, to be honest, the letter of the law). These plats will be presented later in a separate table so as not to clutter up the results here for researchers.

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Name Year County Acres Watercourse Neighbors Plat  plat
Howard, Nehamiah  1792 Franklin 330 Broad River N fork R-319
Lamar, Basil  1785 Franklin 650 Broad River N fork Creek A-382
Lamar, Basil  1785 Franklin 287.5 Broad River N fork A-380
McBee, James  1789 Franklin 170 Broad River N fork Rogers R-427
Merrell & Herman,   1790 Franklin 660 Broad River N fork John Lane R-442
Baker, Christopher  1796 Franklin 83 Broad River N fork wtrs John Clark(x3) CC-6
Harrington, Thomas Jr 1789 Franklin 664 Broad River N fork wtrs E Clarke(x2), Thomas Glascock, A Burns, Jno Gorham R-331
Hubbard, Benjamin  1784 Franklin 287.5 Broad River N fork wtrs Joel Doss [B-42?], Thos Gregg R-306
Patton, Thomas  1784 Franklin 287.5 Broad River N fork wtrs Hardy Hinton [R-308?] G-12
Neely, Hugh  1796 Franklin 200 Broad River N fork, Miltons? creek Jno Fergus, McFarland CC-24
Troy, John  1784 Franklin 575 Broad River N fork, Toms creek William Pulliam A-400
Anthony, Micajah  1786 Franklin 440 Broad River S Fork sd Anthony, McGowen K-8
Bailey, Allen  1786 Franklin 100 Broad River S fork Jas Collins [CC-9?], Jno Garret [E-416?] K-41
Banks, Thomas  1785 Franklin 500 Broad River S fork Thomas Banks B-324
Collier, Edward  1786 Franklin 100 Broad River S Fork Collins, McEachins? K-81
Graves, Thomas  1789 Franklin 1000 Broad River S Fork Robt Graves R-228
Hay, William  1786 Franklin 500 Broad River S fork R-301
Hinton, Hardy  1784 Franklin 287.5 Broad River S fork Patton R-308
Kendall, Jeremiah  1786 Franklin 580 Broad River S Fork Young [N-161?] K-290
Lockhart, Richard  1786 Franklin 287.5 Broad River S fork K-309
Mackie, John  1789 Franklin 674 Broad River S fork Offutt, Creswell, Henry Strickling/Strickland? [Y-269?] CC-22
Marbury, Horatio  1785 Franklin 1150 Broad River S Fork Lamars Creek, Collier (x2), John Garrett, Wm McCrackin A-383
Pool, Baxter  1787 Franklin 250 Broad River S fork Y-196
White, John  1785 Franklin 200 Broad River S fork Bedingfield Y-294
Wise, Joseph  1784 Franklin 287.5 Broad River S fork Gregg A-407
Hutson, Cuthbert  1786 Franklin 300 Broad River S fork branch R-312
Payne, Thomas  1785 Franklin 200 Broad River S fork of the S fork A-393
Ravotts, Abraham  1784 Franklin 287.5 Broad River S fork wtrs G-1
Stafford, Samuel  1784 Franklin 287.5 Broad River S fork wtrs G-15
King, Edmund  1788 Franklin 500 Broad River S fork, Flat Creek Bridges, Wm Loarence? R-401
Chatman, John  1798 Jackson 188 Broad River S prong Ryan, Coller II-174
McDowell, Thomas  1784 Franklin 287.5 Broad River upper S fork Marmaduke Ricketson, Wm Fanner? A-336
Ricketson, Marmaduke  1784 Franklin 287.5 Broad River upper S fork Thomas McDowell A-336
Tanner, William  1784 Franklin 287.5 Broad River Upper S fork Saml Stafford [G-15?] A-402
Whitby, Thomas  1784 Franklin 287.5 Broad River upper S fork Samuel Stafford A-335
Alexander, Isaac  1789 Franklin 1000 Broad River wtrs Alexander, Houston [R-321?], Clayborn Rutherford [Y-240?] Y-1
Asher, William  1791 Franklin 300 Broad River wtrs Sh___, Moss, Davis?, Easter [E-390?] BB-348
Boxley, George  1803 Jackson 500 Broad River wtrs John Garrett II-169
Burns, Robert  1789 Franklin 1000 Broad River wtrs John Burns [R-10], Brewer, Campbell [R-133], McGowan R-12
Campbell, Duncan  1790 Franklin 300 Broad River wtrs Jos Nails, Baily R-134
Campbell, John  1789 Franklin 1000 Broad River wtrs Burns [R-11], Brewer?, R Burns [R-12?] R-133
Carral, Peter  1794 Franklin 422 Broad River wtrs Baker [CC-2/6?], Howard, Wm Patric? [CC-25?], Clementious Williams [Y-293?], Robert Anderson [DD-510?] CC-8
Clarke, John Senr. 1787 Franklin 62 Broad River wtrs John Clarke (x2) R-133
Cleveland, Neil  1794 Franklin 1000 Broad River wtrs Cleveland(x2) Y-3
Cleveland, Neil  1794 Franklin 1000 Broad River wtrs Cleveland(x23) Y-2
Cosby, Sydor  1785 Franklin 450 Broad River wtrs John Rauden [N-82?] K-91
Darden, John  1787 Franklin 460 Broad River wtrs Easter [E-390?], Walton?, Rogers, James, Jas Carter?, John Clarke, Simpson K-113
Darricott, John  1787 Franklin 1520 Broad River wtrs Hinson, John Hinson, Howall?, Thos Howel R-182
Durkee, Nathaniel  1793 Franklin 878 Broad River wtrs Durkee(x2), Blanton R-163
Durkee, Nathaniel  1793 Franklin 967 Broad River wtrs R-162
Durkee, Nathaniel  1793 Franklin 1000 Broad River wtrs Beall, Blanton, Durkee [R-162] R-161
Ellise, Robert  1790 Franklin 200 Broad River wtrs Redland Creek, Wm Black (x2), Cosby, Geo Pettygrew R-188
Fergus, John  1787 Franklin 750 Broad River wtrs [R-191], [B-42?] DD-58
Few, William  1785 Franklin 287.5 Broad River wtrs R-192
Golson, John  1786 Franklin 300 Broad River wtrs Benajah Smith, Col Clarke N-9
Gorham, John  1789 Franklin 575 Broad River wtrs Elijah Clarke, Jno Harrington R-227
Gorham, William  1788 Franklin 200 Broad River wtrs John Ross R-224
Graves, Humphrey  1790 Franklin 1000 Broad River wtrs Hump Graves(x2) R-229
Griffith, John  1792 Franklin 400 Broad River wtrs Griffith CC-13
Hall, John  1791 Franklin 1000 Broad River wtrs Hall R-321
Harbour, Isaiah  1792 Franklin 230 Broad River wtrs Jones(x2), Payne CC-16
Harrington, Thomas  1787 Franklin 535 Broad River wtrs Thos Harrington, Tatum R-308
Hayes, Jonathan  1794 Franklin 215 Broad River wtrs Patrick [CC-25?], Payne, Saml Phillips [N-63?] CC-16
Hillhouse, David  1786 Franklin 412 Broad River wtrs Rowden, Starr? K-221
Houston, William  1789 Franklin 1000 Broad River wtrs Jordan, Alexander R-321
Howard, Julius  1789 Franklin 200 Broad River wtrs John Darden R-311
Hubbard, John  1795 Franklin 287.5 Broad River wtrs Joel Doss [B-42?] CC-15
Jones, David  1784 Franklin 287.5 Broad River wtrs William Fields [K-142?] A-346
Jordan, John  1789 Franklin 1000 Broad River wtrs Alexander(x2),Houston R-393
Kelly, Barnard  1787 Franklin 1000 Broad River wtrs R-398
Lanier, Christopher  1787 Franklin 300 Broad River wtrs R-421
Longstreet, Daniel  1791 Franklin 1000 Broad River wtrs Horatio Marbury, [Longstreet R-423] R-423
Longstreet, Daniel  1792 Franklin 8000 Broad River wtrs [R-303~305] Longstreet(x3) R-403
Marbury, Horatio  1791 Franklin 10000 Broad River wtrs [R-441~442] County Line R-441
McClendon, Dennis  1784 Franklin 287.5 Broad River wtrs G-36

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